Means for securing rails.



No; 823,828. PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906.

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MEANS FOR SECURING RAILS.

APPLICATIONTILBD JAN. 29, 1906.

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MEANS FOR SECURING RAILS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 19, 1906.

Application filed January 29, 1906. Serial no. 298,411.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I,.DAVID 'VAUGHAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Haddonfield, Camden county, New J ersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Securing Rails, of which the followin is a tull, clear, and exact 'description, re ere'nce bein'g had to the accompanying drawings, of wh1ch- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of' a rail, a portion of a tie, and a rail-chair embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.-

. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, including splicebars for uniting two rail-sections and showing the chair designed to support the rail and engage the splice-bars. Flg. 4 is a plan view of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the rail-chair shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the rail-chair shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Fig. .7 is a. erspec:

, tive view of that portion of the tie s own in Figs. 1-, 2, 3, and 4. v V

This inventionrelates to metallic railwayties and means for securing rails thereto.

The bbject of the invention is to provide'a -metallie railway-tie and rail-chair of simple and eflicient-construction having provision whereby the chair ma be firmly secured to the tie and whereby the rail .may be firmly secured to the chair to eflectually' prevent dis lacement of the parts.

further object of the invention is to provide for the adjustment of the parts to compensate for wear due to the great weight passing over the rail. v The invention consists'in the novel construction and combinations of 'iarts, hereinafter fully described'and claimed. i In the present embodiment of my invention the tie is made in the form of an I-beam, com rising the vertical web 1 and the up er and ower flanges 2 and 3, res ectively. he

ange 2 are provlded with diagonally opposite recesses 4 therein. I e

Restingupon the tie between the recesses 4 is the rail-chair comprising the flat body portion 5, the upwardly-extending flanges 6,

and the lateral projections 7. The body portion 5,-an dthe vertical flanges 6 form a chan n'elfor thereceptionof the fo'ot-flan'geB of the rail 11, and the edges of said foot-flange engage the inner walls of the flanges 6 to prevent lateraIdisplacement ofthe rail upon the chair. The flanges .6 are divided into see 'tions by transverse vertical slots 9, and after the rai has been seated within the channel one or both sections of each flange 6 isswagcd tight against the footflange 8 and bent over into engagement with the to thereof, thus firmly securing the rail to t e chair. The lateral projections 7 extend downwardly through-the recesses 4 to'form shoulders 10 and then horizontally beneath the flange 2, the shoulders 10 taking against the-walls of the recesses 4, and thus preventing displacement of the chair laterally ofthe rail 11 or longitudinally of the tie. The outer ends of the lateral perposed flange 2 for the reception of bolts 12, by means of 'wliich the chair is secured to the flange 2, said bolts assisting the shoulders 10 in reventing displacement of the chair upon t e tie.

In assembling the parts the chair is first placed upon the tie on an angle with respect thereto with the shoulders 10 opposite to the projections 7 are provided with -bolt-holes in line with similar holes in the suv recesses 4. The chair is then turned to bring the shoulders 10 into the recesses 4 and into engagement with the walls thereof. The foot-flange 8 of the rail 11 is then placed. within the channel formed between the flanges. 6, and one or both sections of each flange 6 is swaged against the foot-flange 8 and bent over into engagement with the to thereof. Thus it will be seen that the chair is locked in position by the edges of the footflange 8 engaging the inner walls of the flanges 6 and preventing the turning ofthe chair to disen age the shoulders 1Q from. the recesses 4. T 1e bolts 12 may now be applied to the flange?! and projections 7 to more firmly secure the chair to the tie, or the bolts 'maybe dispensed with, as desired. When the bolts 12 are employed, 1 construct the chair so that the projections 7, extending beneath the flange 2, Wlll not be quite parallel to.said flange, as shown by dotted lines at the right-hand s'ide of Fig. 1, whereby when the bolts 12 are a plied t .e projections 7 will be forced. up against the bottom of the flange 2,

thus increasing the tension or rigidity of the entire chair. I preferably form a chainiel or groove 13 in the body ortionf5 at the base of the inner wall of eac i llangeb, to thcend that the flanges 6 may be more tightly swaged into engagement with. the foot-flange 8. Should any wear'betwecn'tlid'foot-flange 8 and the flanges 6 occur, due to the great .loosen t each splice-bar 14,

weight passing over the rail, and thereby e rail upon the chair, the said wear may be compensated for by again driving or swagingthe flanges,6 tight against the footflange 8 or ifbut one section of each flange 6 g was previously bent into engagement with the foot-flange of the rail then t s lice-bars 14 are em 'loyed. In this case t 'e chair is constructe the same as the chair show-11in Figs. 1, 2, and 5', exceptin that the vertical flanges 6 are arranged fart er apart to receweand engage the edge of the foot of similar to the manner in which the engage the edges of the foot flange 8 the'rall, and exceptin also that the base is provided with upwar ly-extending lugs 15, arranged to enter the usual spike I eeive l a slot 16 in the foot of each splice-bar 14, and

thus. prevent longitudinal movement of the rail with respect to the chair. If desired, the splice-bars may be slotted wide enough to rethe foot-flange 8 of the rail 11, in which event it will-be seen that the same chair may be used in connection with spllice-bars as elsewhere, no special width of c annel then being necessary) Further when the s lice-bars do not extend over and beyond the cot-flange of the rail the same chair may be used in con- 'nection with the splice bars as elsewhere. The chairs may be forged or ma be formed from a suitably-rolled section. n the latter case the verticalflanges 6, forming the chair for the rece tion'of the rail 11, would extend the full wi th of the chair, the lateral projections 7' being formed by suitable flanges origi-.

nalliy rolled on the section and then cut away to orm the projections 7, as shown in the drawings.

I claimr 1. The combination of a tie havin an upper flan'e the o posite edges of w 'ch are provide with diagonally oppositerecesses, a chair resting upon said chair.

2; The combination of a 1319 havin an'upper flan e the opposite edges of W 'ch are provide with diagonally opposite recesses,

- a chaii' pro'vided with a channel and resting upon the tie andengagin the walls of said recesses, and a rail secure to the chair within the channel thereof.

'3. The combination of a tie havin an up- I per flange, the opposite edges of w 'ch are provided with d'ia onally opposite recesses; a chair provided with a channel and resting upon the tie and engaging the walls of said re-.

cesses, and a rail resting upon the chair withwalls thereof and the bottom of said the flanges'6 adjacent tothe' edges ofof the rail, said the tie and engaging the Walls of said recesses, and a rail secured to seases in the channel thereof, said channel having portions of its walls bent into engagement with the top of the foot-flange of the rail.

4. The combination of a tie having an upper flange provided with diagonally opposite recesses, a chair resting upon. the tie and provided with projections extending through said recesses and engaging the walls thereof and engaging the bottom-oi said flange, and a rail secured to said chair.

5. The combination of a tie havin an upper flange the opposite edges of w "ch are provided with diagonally opposite recesses, a

chair provided with a channel and projec-v tions extending through said recesses and enaging the walls thereof and engaging the ottom of said flange, and a rail secured to said chair within said channel.

' 6. The combination of a tie having an upper flange provided-with diagonally opposite recesses, a chair resting upon the tie and provided with a channel and projections extending through said recesses and enga irfilg the an e, and a rail secured to said chair within t e channel thereof, said channel having portions of its walls bent into engagement with the topof the foot-flange ofthe rail.

7. The combination of a tie having an up per flan e the opposite edges of which are provide with diagonally opposite recesses, a chair resting upon the tie and provided with projections extendin through said recesses and engaging the wa ls thereof and the bottom-of said flange, means for securing said projections to sa1d flange, and a rail secured to said chair.

8. The combination of a tie, a rail, and a chair secured to the tie and comprising a base upon which the rail is seated and vertical flanges engagin the edges of the foot-flangh anges being slotted to divi e them into sections and sections of said flanges being bent into engagement with the top of the foot-flange of the rail.

9. The combination of a tie, a rail, and a chair secured to the tie and comprising a base upon which the rail is seated and vertical flan es engagim the edges of the foot-flange of t e raii; saicf base being provided with a roove-at ange, and portions of said flanges being bent into en a ement with the top of the footflange o t e rail,

10. The combination of a tie, a rail and a chair secured to the tie and comprising a base upon which the rail is seated and vertical flanges engaging the edges of the footflangeof the rail, said base being provided with a groove at the base of the inner wall of each flange, said flanges being slotted to divide them into sections and sections of said flanges being bent into engagement with the top of the foot-flange of the rail.

11. The combination of a tie, having an the base of the inner wall of eacha chair, resting upon the tie and engaging wall of said recess, a rail resting upon the chair, a spliGe-bar secured to the rail and hav- 1 ing a slot therein, and a projection on said chair engaging the'walls of said slot to prevent longitudinal movement of the rail upon the chain.

12. The combination of a tie, a chair secured thereto and provided with a channel, a rail resting upon the chair Within the channel thereof, a splieebar..seeured to the rail and having a slot therein, and a projection on said ehair engaging the Walls of said 'slot to prevent longitudinal movement of the rail upon the ehan'.

fixed my signature.

u I l I 13; 'lhe combination of a he, a Olllllfl se- 1 cured thereto and provided with a channel, a

thereof, a sp ice-bar secured to the rail and having a slot therein, and a projection on said chair. engaging the walls of said slot to prevent longitudinal movement of the rail upon the chair, said channel having portions 0 its Walls bent into engagement vvith'theto? of the foot of the splice bar.

n testimony whereof I have hereunto af- DAVID Fl VAUGHAN.

Witnesses:

A. .V. GRQUPE,

WALTER C. PUSEY.

vrail restingu on'the chair Within theehannel 

